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Lambeth 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Birth Rate per 1,000 Home Population.
England and Wales 16.5
Corresponding Rate for the Borough of
Lambeth for the year 1958 17.12
Il1egitimate Live Births per cent of
total 1ive births 13.7%
STILL BIRTHS
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Totals
Males
36
10
46
Females
38
9
47
Totals
74
19
93
Still Birth Rate per 1 000 Total Births (i.e.
live and still) 19.46
Still Birth Rate per 1.000 Home Population 9.42
Still Birth Rate per 1.000 Total Births,
Engl and and Wales 20.7
DEATHS
Males Females Total
1,285 1,198 2,483
Death Rate per 1.000 Home Population 11.16
Death Rate corrected for comparison with other
areas 11. 38
Comparability factor supplied by Registrar General 1.02
Death Rate per 1,000 Home Population, County of
London 12.1
Death Rate per 1.000 Home Population. England and
Wales 11.6
Corresponding rate for the Borough of Lambeth for
the year 1958 11.65